فرزین

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (plcyn' /⁠frazēn⁠/, “guard, (chess) queen”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /far.ˈziːn/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zíːn]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zíːn]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zín]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [fæɹ.zíːn]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [fäɾ.zín]

Readings
Classical reading^?	farzīn
Dari reading^?	farzīn
Iranian reading^?	farzin
Tajik reading^?	farzin

Noun

فرزین • (farzīn / farzin) (Tajik spelling фарзин)

(archaic, chess) queen, fers
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume III, verse 535:
  از سفر بیدق شود فرزین راد
  وز سفر یابید یوسف صد مراد
  az safar baydaq šawad farzīn-i rād
  waz safar yābīd yūsuf sad murād
  Through travel the pawn becomes a noble queen,
  and through travel Joseph gained a hundred objects of desire.

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “فرزین”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Urdu

Alternative forms

فَرْزِیں (farzī̃), فَرْزِی (farzī)

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian (farzīn).

Pronunciation

(Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /fəɾ.ziːn/
Rhymes: -iːn

Adjective

فَرْزِین • (farzīn) (Hindi spelling फ़र्ज़ीन)

wise, intelligent, sagacious
Synonyms: دَانَا (dānā), عَاقِل ('āqil)

Noun

فَرْزِین • (farzīn) m (Hindi spelling फ़र्ज़ीन)

(chess) fers or queen
Synonym: وَزِیر (vazīr)

Derived terms

فَرْزِین بَنَانَا (farzīn banānā, “promoting (a pawn) to fers”)
فَرْزِین بَنْد (farzīn band)

References

“فرزین”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.
Platts, John T. (1884), “فرزين”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
Fallon, S. W. (1879), “فرزین”, in A New Hindustani-English Dictionary, Banaras, London: Trubner and Co., page 869